‘Modern Vintage’ Meets Modern Technology at Vision Expo East

NEW YORK — Over the weekend, more than 22,000 visitors from more than 90 countries descended upon New York City’s Jacob K. Javits Convention Center with one goal: to find the latest and greatest in eyewear. The annual International Vision Expo East delivered just that with countless booths showing off the newest styles from major eyewear players, including Luxottica, Marcolin, Marchon, Safilo and DeRigo, as well as smaller independent designers. Across the floor, one message seemed to ring true: Business was good. Marcolin, which oversees brands such as Tom Ford, Balenciaga, Tod’s, Diesel and Swarovski, noted the company has closed 2014 with high-single-digit growth over the previous year. Marchon, which noted that over the last few years European business has more than doubled, attributed its own financial success to the return, and shift of customers since the general fiscal woes of the late Aughts. “We have interpreted really well the growth of the mid- to high-tier market,” said president Claudio Gottardi. “In 2009, the so-called luxury market came to a screeching halt, but the eyewear didn’t necessarily come down as much, because optical is a necessity. You may wait to get a handbag or a new pair of shoes, but eyewear

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